I've been gluten-free and lactose-free (and oat-free) for 9 years now. Look here for advice on eating out, brand foods and recipe ideas. Also check out the pages on food preparation and Yes/No foods if you are catering for someone with these food intolerances. There's still a wealth of food out there to be enjoyed!...

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Monday, June 28, 2010

There's a great blog on how to make Japanese style hot/cold lunch boxes (bento boxes) with photos and recipes called Just Bento. Look for the recipe archive for ideas. Many of them are naturally gluten free, although, as with all asian recipes, you'll need to use GF soy and avoid using certain sauces (oyster, hoysin, blackbean, and most miso).

Also, there's a book coming out soon on Amazon from this blogger, so look out for that.
The spicy lentil snacks and potato dumpling things look particularly good:

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Stuff seems to go off so much quicker in summer. I've defrosted the fridge, which should help but also in an effort to throw less food away, this week we've got a menu planned and have bought less food....so hopefully that means less waste.

I've been perusing the BBCs food website for GF + dairy free meal ideas. you can narrow your recipe search by dietry requirement, chef or dish which is great. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/

This week's menu:

Chicken Caesar salad (with bacon and avocado - make a garlic sauce by watering down some mayo and add garlic and herbs.

Baked Apples
I've also gone a bit retro with puddings this week and did baked apples with sultanas, marg and brown sugar. Yum! Just core the apples (any variety is fine) and stuff with marg, sultanas, a sprinkling of soft brown sugar and bake until soft. score a ring around the middle of the skin to stop it splitting. And don't forget to scrape up the juicy stuff that comes out when cooking - it may look a bit jelly-fied because of the pectin, but it tastes delicious. If you use small apples, they'd be good served with dairy-free ice-cream (try Swedish glace - sold in most supermarkets http://www.swedishglace.com/).

Friday, June 11, 2010

I was very pleased to see Gizzi's tasty muffin and choc cake recipes on channel 4's cook yourself thin programme that also happen to be gluten free. yay! Obv. to make them milk free just replace buttermilk with soya milk.